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    Increase limit of 18 volumes for HSM CDS backup to 59 as it is for z/OS.

    During CDS backup HSM could not locate the oldest backup copy of a cds and issued misleading message ARC0744E RC36 REAS8 telling there is a catalog problem. IBM support found the number of volumes of the cds backup copy to be limited to 18. IBM wi...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Not under consideration

    ACEROJOB in IDGACERO not filled for HSM recall, IDGACSSC exit

    We are using IGDACSSC SMS exit for retrieving information about the recalls done by HSM. During the recalled data set allocation our IGDACSSC module gets control and we read the IGDACERO control block. The ACEROJOB variable is blank for recall (we...
    almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    Possibilitar que ocorram HMIGRATES em paralelo no DFSMSHsm

    Peço criar a possiblidade do HMIGRATE de DATASETS executar em paralelo e se possivel com o mesmo controle de quantidade similar ao MAXMIGRATION TASKS do Primary Space Management
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    HLIST VOLUME - more accurate listing in HSM PLEX

    In HSMPLEX environment, ADDVOL ML1 SDSP settings are applied for specific LPAR only, but the HLIST VOLUME from another LPAR lists SDSP=YES (ADDVOL ML1 SDSP was not submitted on that other LPAR)
    about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

    Unable to cancel recall request during shutdown

    During shutdown of DFHSM on a Lpar (using CRQ), this DFHSM can be processing a recall request for a very large dataset causing DFHSM not to shutdown until the dataset is recalled. We must be able to intervene in a DFHSM instance that is shutting d...
    about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

    HSM and "Common Recover Queue"(Support needed when doing Mass Recover of datasets backed up by Autobackup)

    We have common recall queue. We have common recover queue(From HSM dumps), but we do miss the option of balancing the resources in case we need to do massive Dataset recover from Datasets backed up via AUTOBACKUP function in HSM. So I ask you to c...
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    s390x based oc-mirror plugin for linuxONE OpenShift clusters to mirror Operator HUB file based catalog in Air gapped environment.

    oc-mirror plugin can fine-tune the configuration to only include the OpenShift Container Platform releases and Operators that cluster needs which reduces the amount of data needed to download and transfer. Currently s390x based oc-mirror plugin is...
    over 2 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 1 Not under consideration

    DFSMShsm Allow different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same ZFS

    The ability to use different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same file system is required in DFSMShsm. As it is now in DFSMShsm it's not granular enough, since we require some files and/or dire...
    about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    DFSMShsm MIGRATE/HMIGRATE CLOUD Container Enhancement

    An enhancement to DFSMShsm MIGRATE / HMIGRATE to allow the specification of CONTAINER name and OBJECTPREFIX in conjunction with the CLOUD parameter. DFSMShsm creates cloud containers to store objects using the default syntax of SYSARC.<HSMplexn...
    about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

    DFHSM volume selection for CIDS allocation needs to check for contiguous space availability

    This item requests DFHSM to check for enough contiguous space when selecting a volume for allocation of the CIDS. During the processing of the FRBACKUP command, one catalog information data set CIDS is created for each copy pool version. Each CIDS...
    about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

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